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LAMP.

ANo. 427,491. d Patented Mey 6,1890.

(No Model.)

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UNITED' STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VARD IV. WILLITS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ADAMS &VVESTLAKE COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,491, dated May 6,1890.

Application filed December l0, 1889. Serial No. 333,267. (No model.)

To @ZZ wwm t may concern:

Be it known that I, WARD W. WILLIrs, of Chicago, in the county of Cook,in the State ot Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lamps, of which the following is a speciiication.

Hy improvement relates to han ging or chandelier lamps-such as are usedfor lighting railway-cars-in which a central han-ger is used forsupporting a number of burners.

The object of my invention is to add to the general availability of thelainp by adapting it for use as either a side or center lamp, toincrease the accessibility of the oil-founts and the burners, and toprovide a secure fastening for them when in use; and, further, toimprove the appearance of the lamp as a whole and interfere with theradiation of light from the burner as little as possible.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the lamp.Fig. 2 shows the lower end of the hanger. Fig. 3 is aview of the innerside of an oil-fount. Fig. 4 is a Section on line a: x, Fig. 2.

A is the hanger, which depends from the roof or ceiling. The arms B B,which carry the shades C C, extend from the hanger A, The lower pari; ofthe hanger A is flattened. and an undercut groove D is made in each ofits flat faces, and into each groove a projection E on the lamp-fount Fis iitted. Ears e c are formed on each side of the projection E, andcorresponding notches CZ el are made in the side of the undercut grooveD. The fount F is secured by placing the ears c e opposite the notchescl d and inserting the projection E into the groove D. The fount is thenallowed to slide down, the ears e e catching under `the sides of thegroove D. A spring-catch G engages in a notch c in the fount andholds'it securely in place. The opposite side of the hanger A beingsimilarly corresponding to the catch G, the same fount will lit eitherside.

Branching from each of the founts F, ar-

ranged about the central support, is an arm I, at the outer end of whichis a burner J.

By connecting the fount-and burner together and making them detachableas awhole, and by providing separate founts for the burners on oppositesides of the central support, I secure the recognized advantages ofappearance and absence of downwardly-cast shadows resulting from the useof a central oil-forint, while the portability of each light (ordinarilysecured by mounting the burner on the fount and supporting both at theouter ends of the arms branching from the center) is also retained. Byproviding a lixture in the side of the car or wall, grooved in the samemanner as the lower end of the center hanger, any of the burners may beused as a side lamp, its use in a temporary way being often ver)convenient in situations where a permanent side lamp or a projectin gfixture would not be desirable.

I am aware that it is not new, broadly, to provide a number ofoil-founts, each having an outwardly-branching arm to which is attacheda burner, such a construction being shown in the patent to Harrison,No.232,961; but in securing the founts by fastenings at its side ratherthan at its bottom the purposes of my invention are better attained; thefastening may be made more secure, loecause it may extend the length ofthe oilfount instead of only beneath it; the fastening is less liable torattle, and the oil-fount is united closely to the central standard, sothat the founts and standard or hanger present to the eye the appearanceof a single object, giving a more pleasing effect, and the lamp is muchbetter adapted for transference and use as a side light, no A.projectionextending beneath the founts being necessary, such projections beingundesirable in a side-lamp iixture.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a chandelier-lamp, the combination of a central hanger consistingof a single downwardly-projecting standard, a plurality of oil-fountsdetachably secured thereto directly by fastenings to their sides, andoutwardly-branching arms from said founts provided with `burners'actheirouter ends, subfount-s and having burners `:it their outer stantially asdescribed. ends, substantially'as described.

2. The combination, in a ohandeliewlamp, l v of L central hanger havingattened grooved VARD W. WILLITS. 5 faces on its lower end, acorresponding num- Witnesses: Y

ber ofv oii-founts having projection-s fitted to IRWIN VEEDER, Saidgrooves, and firms branching from said P. H. T. MASON.

